heading back to the white house as reaction pours in following his state of the union address. nbc's brian williams will join us in a few minutes with a live report. >> the body of christopher dorner, recovered from inside a burned out cabin in the mountains east of l.a. and with it the end of a wild and dangerous manhunt for an ex-cop. anything but a quiet ending. gunfire. flames, and another law enforcement officer killed. >> we have team coverage of all developments today. first, to the news 4 live desk. >> minutes ago a source inside the mayor's office in l.a. told nbc news police do believe the body found in that burned out cabin is indeed christopher dorner. this news after a dramatic and deadly day in this manhunt. here is how law enforcement says this all went down. s.w.a.t. teams shot out the windows to the cabin. then fired tear gas inside. brought in a special piece of

heavy equipment to begin tearing down the walls one by one. no one escaped from that cabin, after the fire began. and again, christopher dorner was believed to be, what is believed christopher dorner's body, pretty sure, was found inside. the final hours of this nearly week-long saga began this afternoon when two san bernardino county sheriff's deputies tracked dorner to the cabin. in a shootout they fired 500 round of ammunition. and the two deputies were hit, one of them was killed. a reporter arrived on the scene as the gunfire was unleashed you. can hear it during this live report that he was making on the air, as he got trapped in the midst of it all. >> dorner is suspected of killing four people since

sunday. after releasing a manifesto that threat tuned wage war on the lapd. he claims he was unfired unfairly in 2008. back to you. >> thank you, wendy. another perspective into the california standoff. from a former swat team officer from our area. he describes the tense moments and what it's look dealing with a trained enemy determined to in fl flict harm. >> former commander, helped shed light on the mind set of the tactical officers in california tonight. officers well aware after six days of searching they were likely going up against one of their own with a grudge focused on their own. >> they train all the time. sure, there is going to be that adrenaline rush. they have to keep that in check. because they have to keep their emotions in check to be able to focus on the mission. and carry out their assignments when they would make a tactical entry. >> so you kind of remove

yourself from the background of the case. >> you have to. you have to. you cannot take it personal. even though it is one of your own that has gone bad. you have to focus on the mission. everyone else has to back each other up. >> this happened so quickly. they didn't wait. they didn't hold back. they didn't -- sort of -- give him time to do much of anything it doesn't seem as if he was in that cabin. >> we may learn after the fact. but i am sure they had different levels of contingencies ready to go. and they wanted to, to decide to when it was best to their advantage to make annen tr entr. they need to come home as well safe. >> home safe they will be tonight. clark also says the weather in those mountains was potential factor. temperatures are well below freezing tonight. that its conducive to s.w.a.t. officers who needed to stay sharp to bring the terror to a conclusion. >> to the state of the union address.

president obama hit hot button issues, talked about gridlock in washington, war in afghanistan, immigration and gun control. the economy dominated his speech. he laid out an jeagenda. and he called for making smart spending cuts and reducing the deficit by closing tax loopholes. >> to hit the rest of our deficit reduction target we should do what leaders suggested and save hundred of billions of dollars by getting rid of tax loopholes and for the welloff and well connected. >> the most emotional part of the speech involved gun violence. the president talked about the newtown connecticut school shootings and called on congress to act on gun control. >> it has been two months since newtown. the families of newtown deserve a vote. the families of aurora, deserve a vote. the families of oak creek, and

tucson, and blacksburg, and the countless other communities ripped open by gun violence they deserve a simple vote. >> we are joined by "nbc nightly news" anchor, brian williams, thank you for joining us, what is your take away from the president's speech and the response from marco rubio. >> we were reading what social media was saying. social media commenting on the fact that we kind of post speech commenters weren't focussing as much on the economy. but because the president chose to end on such an emotional note, on gun violence. that really came to define our kind of last and lasting memory of the speech. it was a quite a moment in the chamber. usually you don't see -- >> mr. speaker, the president of the united states. >> emotion like this in the

state of the union. almost unique. with all the lapel ribbons. with all of the victims, special guests in the chamber tonight. it certainly added -- extra weight to it. >> brian, all of our attention to night was really divided on twoer u eissues, east coast, we coast with the standoff in california. there is some concern about, how do we handle a situation like that. clearly, the state of the union has to take perrecedence in ter of coverage on a night like this? >> interesting, our sister station, knbc did not air the state of the union in stepped the speech on their local digital channel. they stayed because it was the biggest story, they stayed with live coverage. after all when the president got up to speak, we still had a burning cabin in the san bernardino mountains. and you kind of understand their

decision, locally. after all as you know, l.a. has been under lockdown. it's really been a reign of terror. 50 cop families with 'round-the-clock protection. we vowed not to get into a split screen situation. telling our viewers we would have the latest when the president was finished. talk about a backdrop of gun violence in the country and kind of the pall that hangs over us, post newtown and now this. two more victims today. the police deputy killed at his hand allegedly. and now the suspect himself. if the reports are correct, that, this is indeed over. and he is indeed dead. quite a night. >> we'll have a lot to talk about on both concerns in the days to come. brian, thank you for taking the time to talk to us. >> thank you. >> who is getting what and when? and how much? >> couldn't have said it better, jim. a smattering of snow here and

there. exactly what we will be seeing. 42 degrees. the number in washington. and near freezing in frederick. and temperatures tomorrow. critical to your area. today, most highs in the 50s to 60 degrees. as far as numbers go. we are watching that, those numbers go down tonight. what we are also watching is that rain start to move in across the area. we are going to be watching the rain move in. rain will change to snow in part of the region. as the it does so. we'll be talking about who has the the best chance to see accumulation. i do think, some of you will be seeing snow out of this. once again, a lot of moisture. south and west. tell you who gets what and when in my forecast. >> students filled the memorial chapel at the university of maryland in the whack ake of a murder/suicide off campus. a graduate student with history of mental illness, opened fire on his roommates before turning the gun on himself. erica gonzalez? >> doreen, exactly where the

scary scene played out. we heard from the injured student's family who tells us he was taken to the hospital but is at recuperati recuperating. >> a crowded chapel at the university of maryland. >> we are here to mourn as a community. and the loss of our fellow members. >> students and faculty mourning the death of two student and a third injured in an early morning shooting near campus at this ridge home. police say, devon greene set fires in and outside the home to lure his roommates and attack them. >> it definitely raises awareness and like makes us want to be more safe the i still feel comfort bum. >> according to greene's family the grad student was mentally ill and on medication over a year. his roommate managed to call for help. greene turned the gun on himself, a bag with a baseball

bat, machete, loaded semiautomatic weapon and extra ammunition. >> that's and prayers are geared toward politicians to hopefully use this as another example why we need gun control reform. >> tonight, the doctor, told students the stviolent scene wod haunt him some time. while the night was meant for solidarity, he said, a strong message of what umds campus could undergo in the near future. >> there are lessons to be learned. approximately s policy questions to be discussed and changes to be made. this neighborhood. this street is mainly students from the university of maryland. many of which have the question tonight -- do they really know who their roommates are. live in maryland tonight. erica gonzalez. news 4. >> thank you, erica. >> a scathing report accusing police of mishandling rape cases. closer impartial look the a firm

will look at allegations from human rights watch. the group claimed 170 allegations of sexual assault were not documented over a three year period. police chief, kathy lanier, begs to differ. she was highly critical of the report. when it was released back in january. she said that in fact, more than 100 claims have been accounted for. she said the report does not reflect the current culture of the department. and that the research methods were flawed. >> next on news 4, a crane topples on to a church. why the operator's quick thinking is credited with saving lives. >> a pregnant woman went into labor at the height of the weekend blizzard. how the family got her to the hospital, despite three feet of snow piled on the roadway.

two people are recovering tonight after a crane collapsed on to a church in fairfax county. it happened as a crew was checking out a cell phone tower at saint like's in mt. vernon. the crane operator said the crane started to malfunction and just before it tipped over on its side, he was able to lower the basket on to the roof of the church to prevent the workers from falling to the ground. crews will be back out again tomorrow -- to remove that crane. >> scary moments for a man in woodbridge, virginia, who wok up to find himself under a truck

that slammed into his house. despite serious damage around him the guy wasn't badly hurt. the truck hit the house on willow lane, the driver was drinking and didn't have a valid license. the homeowner facing a big clean-up. >> police asking for help in an effort tonight to find a woman and her daughter from greenbelt who are both missing. 25-year-old stephanie hameric and her 1-year-old daughter were last seen walking toward a bus stop last thursday. her family says she has no means of supporting herself or her child. right now, police do not believe there is anything suspicious about their disappearance. but if you see the pair, you are asked to call, the prince george's county police. >> an amazing story from snow-covered connecticut tonight. a pregnant woman goes into labor. but her neighborhood is under 3 feet of snow from the blizzard. it took a little creativity. elbow grease to get her to the hospital. they made it. the adventure caught on a cell

phone camera with no plow in sight. lori wood' husband and four guys turned a luggage carrier into a sled. in ventive. they pulled her down the street to the plowed main road where a car took them to the hospital. and that's when little jimmy was born. >> hold on to the side. you know. and i'm flipping all over the place as they're trying to take a corner. i'm trying to go with them.

around the rest of receipt underwe are dropping below 32 in frederick. 37. and 45 in culpeper. the colder we get tonight, the better chance we have at least for some snow during the day tomorrow. but the cloud start to move in. we are not going to go down all that much. storm team 4 radar showing, we

are all clear right now. you don't have to go too far to the south to see the rain. the rain toward the carolinas. this isn't the rain that is going to make its way our way. this rain will go into the atlantic. storm that we are watching -- 'tis -- into tomorrow afternoon. and into the evening. today we saw breezy and warm conditions. today was really a spectacular afternoon. by tomorrow, we're going to see a completely different afternoon. 5:00 rush hour. look at the rain, the i-95 corridor. and southern maryland. i-81 back to the west. west virginia and maryland could pick up a pretty good amount of snow. couple of inches out there for ski resorts. for the rest of us it will be the time between 6:00, 7:00, 8:00. 10:00, 11:00. we do change to snow. even if an inch was to fall, the wet ground, because of the rain, not allow it to stick. most of it should melt on contact. but at least it may be pretty

for a couple hours to watch. then behind the system. gets pretty again. in a different way. this time with sunshine and mild temperatures. here's what to expect tomorrow. a nuisance storm. not much of anything. mostly rain. upward of a third of an inch. maybe a quarter inch. most locations to 1/2 inch. chance of snow. late evening. we will see a slow afternoon rush hour. rain or snow. right now, leaning toward rain around rush hour. and rain down to the south. to the north. west. maybe an inch, maybe a little bit more. charlestown. martinsburg. frederick, thurmond. and leesburg, herndon, less than an inch if anything at all. down toward the south not expecting anything more than flakes falling and melting as i mentioned once they make contact. cloudy, cool, dry during the day. temperatures, 30-36. this is your morning temperature. by tomorrow afternoon. we'll rise into the 40s. with the rain/snow likely. thursday, 49 degrees. 53 on our friday.

saturday, sunday, cold weather moves back in with a slight chance of snow saturday. saturday the day we are going to be watching out for much colder. few flurries. maybe a snowshower possible. but not expecting a big storm on saturday either. we dodge another one. the cold air will definitely been place for the weekend. won't last though. we move become to 50 during the day on tuesday. and that's our next chance of rain -- as well. and maybe write off our chances of snow for the rest of the winter. not quite yet. not quite ready to do that yet. >> getting there. getting close. >> getting close. >> thank you, doug. >> want to get back to the breaking news out of california. the situation with the ex-cop named christopher dorner, who has been shooting at police officer and threatened to shoot more. the los angeles police department wrapped up a news conference in which they contradicted some of the reports earlier from the mayor's office there. a police captain has just said that they have not located a body in the cabin that was burned down a few hours ago because they say it is too hot

to get inside. the protective detail for 50 police officers and their families and in and around los angeles will continue until they can make positive identification on a body and conform that it is in fact the body of christopher dorner. we invite you to stay with nbc 4, nbc news, nbcwashington.com for developments. >> coming up in sports -- the state of the caps wasn't strong. but

>> change the diets of the local teams? something in the air? >> what is it? >> something is happening here. >> the tipping point. this could be the tipping point

for the season. the game that gets the capitals back on track. a dramatic, come from behind, overtime win. gives the caps back to back wins for the first time this season. go down to sunrise, florida. capitals off the win against the same panthers team. last saturday at home. first period, getting cross checked. alex ovechkin dropping the gloves. not officially a fight. both get roughing penalties. and an extra 2 for cross checking. ahead to the third period. capitals down. watch closely off the face-off. ovechkin with a laser of a wrister. fourth goal of the year. tied at 5. heading to evertime. just 30 second into ot. nick backs,000 trom. perfect pass. and the head-up play. the veteran. stays with it. pokes his own rebound home. 6-5 your final. capitals win in overtime. they're staying in florida. taking on cam pa on thursday. well, technically it was a

battle for bragging rights in the commonwealth. realistically wasn't a battle at all. stra va/virginia tech heading in polar opposite directions these days. the hokies have lost seven straight. while virginia has won seven of eight. they're creeping closer to a spot in the top 25. caps entered the game with winners of 13 straight at home. behind joe harris. got up to a very strong start. the junior, 5 of 5, three point range. in the first half alone. he scores 20 of his career high, 26 points in the opening frame. virginia takes a 13-point lead into halftime. second half now. hokies trying to come back. airing green. 0-7 in the first half. heats up in the second. the nation's leading score, finishes with 32. really was all uva. and anderson. the alley-oop. mitchell. cavaliers win big. 73-55. they are now -- 8-3 in the acc

tech drops to two and 9. baseball has arrived, folks. nationals, pitchers, catchers, reported to spring training this morning. the big story on the day. geo gonzalez, the all-star could be facing a 50-game suspension for his alleged connection to an anti-aging clinic investigated for providing performance enhancing drugs to pro athletes. he talked about allegation tuesday and maintains his innocence. >> i feel very confident. i think at the end of the day i have never taken performance enhancing drugs. you never will. you're shocked. your name was brought up out of nowhere. can't dupe nothing about it. have to wait it out. listen to what is going on. can't jump the gun or conclusions. at the end of the day tie didn't want this to be a distraction to the team. don't want any of this to be about me. again about the organization. the team together. this, this should definitely be a distraction for the guys. >> i think that is the main thing.

he is worried about right now. be in camp. two weeks. play in the world baseball classing. we are heading down tomorrow. if you are on the 7:00 a.m. flight to orlando on jetblue. see you there. ♪

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